Senior Health News

August 23, 2004

New Pre-Diabetes Formula, Pancreas Stem Cells for Diabetes

"The U.S. government has adopted the American Diabetes Association's revised formula for evaluating pre-diabetes, the term for borderline blood sugar readings that are likely to become full-blown diabetes without intervention."

"A team at Toronto University found immature cells in the pancreas of adult mice that were able to develop into cells that produce insulin."

Posted by news editor | Filed under: Diabetes